Tornado Warning 35, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

May 5, 2007, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)

Expired

May 5, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT

In force

30 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Edwards County, KS

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WFUS53 KDDC 052230
TORDDC
KSC047-052300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0035.070505T2230Z-070505T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
530 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 526 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH
  OF KINSLEY...OR 8 MILES WEST OF CENTERVIEW...MOVING NORTH AT 45
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KINSLEY...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF WESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 50 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 152 AND 164.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 56 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 157 AND 163.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR EDWARDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3774 9952 3774 9939 3795 9926 3807 9952

$$

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000 
WWUS53 KDDC 052246 RRA
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
545 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

KSC047-052300-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-070505T2300Z/
EDWARDS KS-
545 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
EDWARDS COUNTY...

AT 543 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH SOME ROTATION.  THIS AREA OF ROTATION WAS 
LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF KINSLEY...OR 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
LEWIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM IN KINSLEY AT 
540 PM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3774 9952 3774 9939 3795 9926 3807 9952

$$

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